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Progress Report

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Increase Productivity. The time that it takes for an employee to travel from home to the office can be spent on being productive. An organization by the name of Telework approximates employees that work from home save an estimated 15-days of time, which would have been spend commuting (e.g. driving, buses, subways, etc...) (Rapoza, 2013). Telework also highlighted employers that witnessed increased productivity between those employees working from home versus in-office employees. “...Best Buy’s average productivity had increased 35% through its flexible work program. British Telecom estimates productivity increased 20% through telecommuting... Alpine Access, one of the nation’s largest all-virtual employers, attributes a 30% increase in sales and 90% reduction in customer complaints to its home-based agents. American Express teleworkers handled 26% more calls and produced 43% more business than their office- based counterparts...” (Rapoza, 2013).
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Cost savings. Working from home permits you to save precious time fighting the traffic to get to work, you save time, you save on gas and mileage, on clothing, accessories, grooming and etc. In addition to saving money for employee, this setup saves money for organizations. It saves on overhead and variable costs. The company in return can invest some of that money to expand and some to promote or increase benefits for their employees. Research by the organization Telework, has approximated employers save more than $10,000 per employee annually. This is seen a consequence of “the increased productivity, reduced facility costs, lowered absenteeism, and reduced turnover” (Rapoza, 2013). The employees are expected to save as well. Telework approximates an annual saving to the employee between $1,600 to $6,800 (Rapoza, 2013). According to research conducted by Global Workplace Analytics, 36% of employees would be willing to trade a salary increase for the ability to work from home. 10% of technology professionals even indicated willingness to take a 10% pay-cut for the ability (Hendricks, 2014).

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According to Church, (2015)

Face-to-face contact. Employees that work from home can often feel that they are
missing out on face-to-face contact, including collaboration.
There are several
technology applications that can help counter-balance this aspect. Additionally,
employees that work from home may find it helpful to make occasional trips to the office
in order to engage in collaboration or networking opportunities (Russell, 2013).

Self-discipline. Not all employees are a right fit for working from home. Working from
home does require self-discipline, and avoiding distractions at home.

Managers who set specific, measurable goals for
all employees are more likely to have increased trust for any employees they select to
work from home (Kruse, 2012).

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https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/77090/The_Impact_of_Working_at_Home_WP94_04.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=

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Ashraf Ahmed

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Work home benefited for employees

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working from home is benefited for workers

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Abdullah Liaqat

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To what extent do you agree with the following statement: Working from home is better for the employee?